Hat-body and process of making the same.



'13. WOLLNBR a J .HAT BOD Y AND PROCESS or MAKING ma SAME. APPLIUATION FILED DEO. 4, 1908.

Patented June s, 1909.-

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section To all whom it may concern.-

e it known that we, BENJAMIN WoLLNER, and JEssE B. EisEMAN, citizens of the United tates, and residents, respectively, of Brooklyn, in the county o Kings and State 'of Tew York, and New York city, in the county and State of N vented certain new. and useful Improvel ments in Hat-Bod Making the Same; and we do hereby the following to be description of the invention, such enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

is invention relates to improvements in e process of making the same, and has for an object the pressing of hat bodies from conical shapes molds.

Another object in hat bodies by first forming the drical and then drawing the together after which the cylindrical body portion is pressed to the desired shape between heated dies.

With these and other objects in view the invention comrises certain novel constructions, co

as will view is the fo rin of end thereof of parts as will be hereinafter more fully descri e and claimed.

In the accom anying drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a cylinder u on which be pressed into the shape ical shaped material that has been removed from the cylinder shown in Fig. 1 and the end thereof secured together.

through a mold and n t e present invention one of the objects is to orm a at without the necessity of using sizing, sti enin or the like In Specification of Letters Application led December 4, 1908.

'a full, clear, and exact th with heated same cylint l troduced into the end of Patent. Patented Tune 8, 1909. Serial No. 466,023.

l a second mold is osite end toward the l first so as to hold the inahe molds are heated so as to more iieXible the material of which e hat is to be formed, and also to cause the same to retain its shape after once formed.

In constructing hats according method the same may b the cotton or natural silk fibers unless the same have b woven cylinder into approximately a conical shaped body which has the point thereof introduced into a mold or die conforming to the shape of the hat body desired to be roduced. Over the cone shaped body thus inthe die or mold, a punch or complementary mold is forced companying cylinder of cylindrical woven body l2 is produced of er of any desired kind. After the cylinder has een woven to the desired length the ends thereof are gathered together and tied at 3 which will produce a substantially conical shaped body as shown in Fig. 2. The l point of the conical shaped body or the tied portion 3 is then introduced into a recess 4 of a heated mold 5 and then a complementary mold or punch 6 is forced over mold 5 and also the cylinder 2. rhis will force the cylinder 2 into the shape shown in Figs. 3 and ll. The unch 6 is heated by any desired l means as we l as mold 5 so as to act properly upon the material of which the hat is constructed, and for causing the same to retain its shape after its removal from the mold. ln forming hat bodies of this lrind the material heretofore set forth is preferably used, in order that the hats may be made without sizing and yet retain the shape given them. i

What we claim is:

l. A process of forming hats, comprising the construction of a cylindrical body, the tying of one end of the same together for forming a conical shaped body, and then the pressing of the conical shaped body into the shape of a hat.

2. A the forming of a cylindrical body, the drawing of the end thereof together for forming a substantially conical shaped body out of "said cylindrical body, the placing of the end drawn together in a form, and the pressing of a second form over the conical-shaped body process of forming hats comprising and the first mentioned form for shaping the conical shaped body into the form of a hat.

3. A process of forming hat bodies comprising the forming of hat bodies in conica shapes and then pressing to the desired shape in heated molds.

4. A process of making hat bodies comprising the formation of a cylindrical body of fibrous material, drawing together of the end of the cylinder and then pressing of thc cylinder between heated dies until the same conforms to the shape of the dies.

5. Aprocess of forming hat bodies comprising the provision of a cylinder of straw the drawing thereof into a substantially conical shape, and the pressing of the same into shape in a heated condition.

6. A process of forming hats, comprising the construction of a cylindrical body, the drawing of one end of the same together and then pressing of said body into the shape of a hat.

ln testimony whereof we aflix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMN VVOLLNER. JESSE B. lElSEMAN.

Witnesses 1 HUGO Moon, HARRY C. ADAMs. 

